PLDC - Perspolis's practice sessions will take place with out the presence of Ali Parvin in the next few days. According to Source, Parvin's unexpected trip to Ramsar will leave the team to practice under Schmitd and Ghelich.

PLDC - Begovich, the current Head Coach of Foolad football club, told reporters: “I have done some negotiations with Foolad and Perspolis, but there has not yet been a serious offer from neither side”.

IRNA - Defending world and Asian futsal champions, Spain and Iran, played a friendly in Santander on Monday that was won by the host side. Iranian indoor footballers played a crowd-pleasing game but lost to the world champion.

PLDC - Talebi said: "Koch's departure from Iran, is an unfortunate set back for Iranian football." Esteghlal's former coach told reporters: "It does not personally matter to me that he left, but the point is that his departure from Iran will take us a steps back in Football.

IRNA - Iran's under-23 soccer team will head for Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, on April 30.
Iran and Uzbekistan are to play a preliminary qualifier of 2004 Olympic Athens in 2004 on Saturday, May 3, in the Uzbek capital.

IRNA - The bi-weekly Kicker Sports magazine named Monday Iranian forward Mehdi Mahdavikia "Player of the Week" in the German Bundesliga following his superb performance in Hamburg's 4-0 rout over lowly Nuremberg.

Hamburg - The HSV won against Nuremberg by 4:0 on Saturday. It was the highest victory this season. In front of 40.000 visitors in the AOL arena, the home team dominated the match right from the start. Nuremberg displayed a mediocre performance. And for the HSV strikers there was ample opportunity to score.